Someone Lurking in the Bushes

(Annonymously Submitted)

A couple of years ago my family was dealing with some problems with a family member who was involved in drugs.  They had kids and we were worried about what was happening to them.  Several of us got together and decided to file a case with social services to make sure that someone was checking into things.

I worked really late hours at my job and usually got home well after dark.  We live out in the country and don’t have any close neighbors.  One night I did a really hard workout before I went to bed and took a few minutes to meditate before I went to sleep.  I woke up later and felt completely paralyzed.  I could move my head just enough to see the light under the bathroom door where my husband was.  I tried to call out to him, but couldn’t make a sound.  Someone was outside trying to get in through the window but I couldn’t do anything.  I heard two people in our front yard talking about “getting her” when I got home from work. 
The next morning I woke up and wondered whether it was all a dream or if it really happened.  It really shook me up and I told my husband.  He just told me to watch my back. 

A few nights later I was coming home from work and just got a weird feeling.  I drove down the road instead of pulling into our place and saw an old beater parked on the side of the road.  I recognized the car … it was the drug dealer.  I went back to town and called a family friend who was a retired police officer.  He called the station and asked them to send a cruiser over.  They found two people hiding in the bushes in our front yard with a bat and a pipe to beat me up.  If it hadn’t been for that dream I could have been killed that night.